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  • 72golf — golfer, n. /golf, gawlf/; Brit. also /gof/, n. 1. a game in which clubs with wooden or metal heads are used to hit a small, white ball into a number of holes, usually 9 or 18, in succession, situated at various distances over a course having… …

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  • 73jet engine — an engine, as an aircraft engine, that produces forward motion by the rearward exhaust of a jet of fluid or heated air and gases. Also called jet, jet motor. [1940 45] * * * Any of a class of internal combustion engines that propel aircraft by… …

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  • 74Deep Navigation Colliery — The entrance to the former Deep Navigation Colliery, Treharris, in July 1984 Deep Navigation Colliery was a coal mine in South Wales, that operated from 1872 until 1991. Located next to the co developed village of Treharris in the borough of …

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  • 75Mining methods of the Klondike Gold Rush — See also: Klondike Gold Rush, Mining Contents 1 During the Klondike Gold Rush (1896 1910) 1.1 Methods of bringing out the gold 1.1.1 Underground mining …

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  • 76Imperial Japanese Navy — (IJN) 大日本帝國海軍 (Dai Nippon Teikoku Kaigun) …

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  • 77Drill bit — For the fictional character, see Drill Bit (Transformers). For the cancelled skyscraper nicknamed Drill bit, see Chicago Spire. For the types used in drilling wells, see Well drilling. From top to bottom: Spade, lip and spur (brad point), masonry …

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  • 78C class cruiser — For the Royal Navy third class cruisers of the late nineteenth century, see C class corvette. HMS Capetown Class overview Name: C class cruiser …

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  • 79Fred Dibnah — Infobox Person name = Fred Dibnah image size = caption = Statue of Fred Dibnah in Bolton birth date = 28 April 1938 birth place = Bolton, Lancashire, England death date = Death date and age|2004|11|6|1938|4|28|df=yes death place = Bolton Hospice …

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  • 80Franklin B. Gowen — Infobox Person name = Franklin Benjamin Gowen caption = birth date = birth date|1836|2|9|mf=y birth place = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania death date = death date and age|1889|12|13|1836|2|9|mf=y death place = Washington, D.C.Franklin Benjamin Gowen… …

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